The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-03
THE INDIANAPOLIS CITY ELECTION.
THE DANGERS OF A GANG VICTORY.


THE DANGERS OF A GANG VICTORY.
Shelbyville Republican: II the people Of
Indianapolis fail to give Coysm q ''back
will be made p to pay dearly for torn t iS
mistake. Let the gang get control of the city
and Immediately new edition OF the Mackin
ring. which pundere6 Chicago, and the Tweed
ring which plundered New York, will besin-
aueurated. The city's progress will be stopped,
expenses will be increased and the laws will be
clans and corrupt rings instead of for the bene-
fit of the people. Everybody can sec this who
considers for moment. The Coy gang are
simply working to get their creatures in office
for the purpose of Interior plumber. They
pect to benefit themselves and none other.
They are pretending to operate in the in
that their triumph will be the partys
triumph. This is dodge as old
as it is hypocritical: As matter of fact gangs
have no politics. When they fasten themselves
on a party it is simply for the purpose of using
that party for their own selfish purposes. When
they once get control they know no difference
in their plans to piunder between taxpayers Of
party and the other. The decent Democrat
will suffer along with the decent Republican.
Honest citizens OF all kinds will be piupdered
issue in Indianapolis is nominally between Re-
publicans and Democrats. Practically and
tually it il issue between the lawless ele.
ments on one side and law-abiding citizens on
the other. The Democratic ticket is backed by
the class which lives by violating the law it ID
OdCkeO Ocu6VeS
tices corruption to gain ascendency. Every man
directly or indirectly engaged in the tally -sheess
foreeries last fall is now supporting the Demo-
cratic city ticket. Every fellow who wants to
violate the laws in future is supporting the same
ticket If successful they expect to control the
city governments and have it run to suit
good intentions, but bad intentions Their OBJ
jects are vicious and their aims malign Their
purposes are sinister, and if they once get con-
troll they will not be long in showing the cloven
hoof. They expect honest Democrats to support
the ticket from force of habit simply because il
bears the party label Many honest man is
fooled in to supporting corrupt gang by this
specious plea and afterwards finds that instead
of helping his party he has assisted in fastening
upon its back pack OF knaves intent only on
the rest. When the issues are purely political
and between parties. no one blames man for
sustaining his own party against the other. But
at Indianapolis just now such is not the case. 1t
being open contest between the friends OF
law and order on :he one side and the represent
atives of all that is vicious the other. good
citizen can hesitate as to where his vote belongs.
WOULD INJURE THE CITY.
Evansville Journal: Edenharte- is said to be
a clever sort of man-just the kind to be ma
nipulated and managed by the ''Coy gang" than
whom there is not a more INSCRIPTIONS and
dangerous set of politicians outside Of the great
cities. y The election of the Democratic
ticket would be sad affair for the capital city
and it is not thought probable that the respecta-
BILE elements will permit it. It would give Indie
annapolis serious oackset in her on ward career.
BETWEEN coYIsss AND GOOD GovERNMENT
Charlottesville Journals: The anapolis
city election occurs on Oct. IL. 1t will be q
contest between Coyism, in all that name inn
plies. and public honor and good government
Let US all pray that in the contest Simeon may
be given q set back from which he will never
recover, in the election of Caleb s. Denny over
Edenharter, the candidate of the Coy ring.
ALL HONEST VOTERS INTERESTED.
Oxford Tribune: The Indianapolis city cleo
ton occurs Oct IL. All honest voters inter-
fad in
from courts the people in the case of the COM
mittee of one hundred In their endeavor to I'M
earth and convict the guilty in the ballot-box
frauds the last election. The success of the Coy
ticket means the surrender of honest ballot.
THINKS COY WILL BE DowNED.
Terre Haute Express The Express has little
fear that Indianapolis will suffer Sim Coy to
8 succeed in his manipulations to capture the
spect in the city to thwart him and push him
aside. dangerous though he may be In the COR
rups practices OF boss politics.
DOES LOOK THAT WAY.
Kniehtstown Banner: The Indianapolis mu-
nicipal campaign is on now red hot Il is tho
now, and it begins to look like the little DOSE
would be downed this time.
WHAT 1T MEANS.
Logausport Journal A victory for Coy means
the saloons and touehs. and rouehs Of the city.
as he gets all of his political influence and power
from that class of people.
THE WHOLE STATE INTERESTED.
Lafayette News: The whole State is interest,"
ed in the defeat of the Coy gang. whose manip-
nlatons are at the fountain head of Indiana
politics, and whose corruption poilutes the
whole stream.
THE SITUATION DEFINED.
Greensburg Review: The political situation
at Indianapolis seems to be the honest. law
abiding citizens against Sim Coy and the gang.